bulk_commit_with_slowly.yml

name: Bulk Commit With GitHub API

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

env:
  NUMBER_OF_COMMITS: 20000  # Total number of commits to create
  BATCH_SIZE: 100          # Number of commits to push in each batch
  USER_NAME: ''  # Global Git user name
  USER_EMAIL: ''  # Global Git user email
  WORKFLOW_FILE_NAME: ''  # Workflow file to trigger

jobs:
  create-commits:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
          token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
          persist-credentials: false

    - name: Configure Git
      run: |
        git config --global user.name ${{ env.USER_NAME }}
        git config --global user.email ${{ env.USER_EMAIL }}

    - name: Get commit count using GitHub API
      id: commit_count
      run: |
        repo_name=${{ github.repository }}
        # Get the total number of commits using the GitHub API and handle pagination
        last_page=$(curl -s -I -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.PAT }}" \
          "https://api.github.com/repos/${repo_name}/commits?per_page=1" \
          | grep -i 'link:' | sed -n 's/.*page=\([0-9]*\)>; rel="last".*/\1/p')
        total_commits=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.PAT }}" \
          "https://api.github.com/repos/${repo_name}/commits?per_page=1&page=$last_page" \
          | jq length)
        total_commits=$(( (last_page - 1) * 1 + total_commits ))
        echo "::set-output name=total_commits::$total_commits"

    - name: Create commits based on total commits
      run: |
        total_commits=${{ steps.commit_count.outputs.total_commits }}
        # Create commits in batches
        actual_commits_created=0
        for ((i=1; i<=${{ env.NUMBER_OF_COMMITS }}; i++)); do
          total_commits=$((total_commits + 1))
          actual_commits_created=$((actual_commits_created + 1))
          git commit --allow-empty -m "Empty commit $total_commits"
          if ((i % ${{ env.BATCH_SIZE }} == 0)); then
            git push https://${{ secrets.PAT }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git HEAD:main
          fi
        done
        # Push any remaining commits
        remaining_commits=(${{ env.NUMBER_OF_COMMITS }} % ${{ env.BATCH_SIZE }})
        if ((remaining_commits > 0)); then
          git push https://${{ secrets.PAT }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git HEAD:main
        fi
        echo "actual_commits_created=$actual_commits_created" >> $GITHUB_ENV

    - name: Trigger Bulk Projects Creation workflow
      run: |
        curl -X POST \
          -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
          -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.PAT }}" \
          https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/actions/workflows/${{ env.WORKFLOW_FILE_NAME }}/dispatches \
          -d '{"ref":"main"}'